The unofficial Obama17 campaign is attracting strong support, despite the fact it would be impossible for the former US President to run as a foreign national.
Organisers, who have spread posters across Paris carrying the slogan “Oui on peut” (“Yes we can”), are aiming to garner a million signatures by 15 March.
“The French are ready to make radical choices - that is good because we have a radical idea to propose to them,” says a statement, promising to jolt France out of its “lethargy”.
“To launch this 6th Republic, we wish to strike a blow by electing a foreign President at the leader of our beautiful country.
“Barack Obama has completed his second term as President of the United States on 21 January, why not hire him as the President for France?”
Calling the current election campaign a “failure”, the group contends that Mr Obama has the “best resumé in the world for the job” - a sentiment that at least 42,365 people currently share.
The petition comes after polls gave far-right candidate Marine Le Pen a lead in the first round of voting in April, although she is expected to lose the decisive second round to a more establishment candidate.
0 comments:
Post a Comment